The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-11-23

Little Ethel Peters, daughter of Prof.
Peters, of Chicago, was drowned in a els
tern at the Whisenant place, near Brooks
vile, last Wednesday, and was buried at
Lake Lindsay Thursday. 1t is supposed that
she attempted to get drink of water, and
fell in from the weight Of the bucket.
The alleged murderers Of Hollywood are
still confined in the county jail at Brooks
VILE Higgins and Bledsoo will probably
furnish the required bail, $4,000 and So 900
respectively Mcclure, Sharp and Thomp-
son, who were committed without bail, viii,
it is rllmored, be taken to Jacksonville for
safe-keeping.
The cost of building operations in Dade
| City during the past four months aggre-
| gates more than $4,000 representing a
wholesome growth in population and pros
perity. Many pleasant and coy homes and
the remodeling of old ones, stores, hotel
and other business houses have been the re-
suit of the outlay
A negro named Blankumsee was seriously
| injured at the Tavares, Orlando and At.
| lantic freight depot at Orlando Saturday by
| the supports on a carload of lumber giviag
away. allowing the load TO fall on the I'M
fortunate man as he stood at the side of the
car. His family was Immediately tele-
graphed for and are now with him.
Two hundred and twenty-five dollars is
! County Commissioners to an expert, and
! that expert a member of the board, to as
| certain the amount due from Orange county
| to the county of Osceola out of taxes col
! lected and due upon that part of Osceola
county formerly belonging to Orange.
NJ. w. Linton, of Madison, has docu-
ment for presentation tos the Library Asso-
citation that is valuable as an article of his
| tOrical interest 1t is a claim of 81 200
/ ha NIT aH 70,
gress in 1910 for two slaves of Thomas j.
Linton, then of Madison county, murdered
| by the Seminole Indians, near Hickstown,
in 1888.
The old bells in the cathedral tower at St
| Augustine will be rung@no more, except on
state and solemn occasions. They have been
silent since the great fire of last spring.
The new chimes of the cathedral will mark
| st. AugtIstine'S new era of prosperity, while
| these old bells, which rang nearly 100 years
ago, are relics of the Ancient City's historic
past.
The grand jury presentment filed at
Palatka Saturday, shows Forward to be an
| innocent man. The interested parties de-
| nounce the grand jury The universal
opinion is that it is the best grand jury
Putnam county has had in many years.
The people of Palatka are talking of giving
Forward and his counsel an ovation and
torchlight procession.
At Madison George Rivers, a colored
| youth, severely cut his brother, IS or 10
years of age, on the arm and about the face
few days since. Both claim that the in
jury was done while playing. As the arm
was nearly severed from the body by enc
stroke of the knife the physicians think
George would be a bad pickle were he to be-
| gin slashing while in anger.
The D. L. Geer factory at Lake City, re-
ceived Thursday about 400 pounds of nicely
handled Cuba leaf from B. Thomas, Of
Madison county, at pc. per pound. Perry
81 Coz DeSoto factory purchased several
small lots of Columbia county tobacco dur
| ing the week at about the same figures,
| among which was an excellent lot of Cuba
| leaf from Calhoun Jones, of Suwannee
| Shoals.
Lakelands annual election took place
| Monday. A light vote was cast, and the
election passed off quietly. Judge Tucker
was elected Mayor for the third time by a
handsome majority. H. j. Drane, Clerk,
| and H. ID. Ballard, Marshal, were reelected
the latter without opposition. A splendid
| Council was elected, viz: J. W. Booth, T.
E. Moody, f. j. Niewenkamp. j. A. You
mans and Vince w. Stephenson.
Enterprise Herald: S. A. Donald, of this
place. who has posed before the public as
| Reconstructionist for some time past, was
| indicted by the grand jury Thursday on the
| charge of cruelty to animals. Mr.. G. j.
| Scammell, of Lake Helen, and Mr. W. s.
| Thayer, of Enterprise, gave bonds for Mr..
! Donald's appearance at court Mr.. Donald
has long been one of the Board of Aldermen
of the defunct corporation of Enterprise
Mrs. B. E. Carr's new concrete residence
| on the Bay at st. Augustine is nearly ready
| for occupation. 1t is built on the old site.
and from outward appearance perfect re
production of the old Spanish structure
that was consumed in the big fire of last
winter. The interior, however, is of more
modern design, with spacious parlors, sit
ting, sleeping and diuing-rooms. and de-
| tached kitchen, with massive concrete arches
and portico.
Hamilton Disston and party of friends.
| consisting of John L. Hill Daniel Nc
Clinch and William S. Dougless, reached
Jacksonville Sunday, from Philadelphia,
and registered at the Duval House. Mr.
Disston visits the State to lookN after his
sugar cane and land interests in South
Florida, and Mr.. Hill comes to look after
the development of the town of Rpny-
mede and other interests owned by Syn
dictate of capitalists, of which Mr. Hill is
the representative.
st. Augustine Weekly. Further evidence
| that race of giants existed here prior to
the coming of the white man, may be seen
! at the corner OF the Cleveland House, on st.
| George street-an iron crow-bar ten feet
long and four inches through, gradually ta-
| pering to point. 1t was dug up a short
time since, and from its corroded appear
ance must be very old The occasional
! finding of human skeletons ten feet in
| height, shows in whose hands this formula
BILE instrument was used. Weight of bar
100 pounds
| At ST. Augustine Monday morning about
Q O'Clock a suspicious-looking white man
was discovered in the Lincolnville suburb
with property belonging to J. Brannan and
others, consisting of blankets and clothing.
| The policeman was about to arrest him
when the thief started on a run, Jumping
| fences, etc, like race horse, and at his
| heels a yelling crowd gave chase At last
he took refuge under a house and when his
pursuers attempted to get him out he drew
a pistol George Gomez picked up n brick
and hurled it at the man with tremendous
force, striking him in the face and infiicting
an ugly-looking wound. He was then
taken in charge by an officer and conducted
TO the county jail, losing much blood on the
way. DR.. Collins was sent for and after
much difficulty staunched the flow of blood.
He says that the internal maxillary artery
was cut. At 2 o'clock the prisoner was un-
able to open his mouth or swallow.
For the past two years a continual stir
| has been made among the citizens of Fntar-